Madan Puri

Madan Puri played the evil men character in his acting career in Hindi cinema. And he totally stands out as the best of the baddies. He used to belong to a generation where villains used to show knife and get claps from audiences. But his character was downright evil ('Gumnam', 'Mr. X in Bombay', ' Blackmail Click to look into! >> Read More... ' and even was drawn straight out of comic strips in films like "Vidhata" or " Amar Prem Amar Prem is an Indian romantic drama series in Ma >> Read More... ". He had an acting career that spanned over five decades and he went to act over 430 films in his career. Madan Puri was the best of the baddies in two phases of his career. The first phase was when he acted with Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More... and Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar was born as Harikrishna Goswami. He wa >> Read More... films. The second phase was when he got an opportunity to act in Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... ’s blockbuster films. In 1960’s he was noticed in successful films like 'Kala Bazaar', 'Waqt', 'Neela Akash', 'Godan' and ' Ziddi Click to look into! >> Read More... ' etc. He even acted in good character roles in films like 'Pyaasa Sawan' (1981), 'Ek Bar Kaho' (1980), 'Amar Prem'(1971) or 'Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye' (1977).

He was also cast as baddies along with Pran, Jeevan, Prem Chopra Prem Chopra is a legend of Hindi cinema and he has >> Read More... , Kader Khan Kader Khan was born on 12 November, 1937 in Kabul, >> Read More... , Amjad Khan Amjad Zakaria Khan was born on 12th November, 1940 >> Read More... or even Shatrughan Sinha Shatrughan sinha is a well known name of the Hindi >> Read More... in many films. His notable films also include ‘ Deewar Deewar is a Hindi serial broadcasted on DD Nationa >> Read More... ’,’ Vidhata’, ‘Mazdoor’, ’AgarTum Na Hote’ where he stood out really amidst actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of Decemb >> Read More... or Rajesh Khanna Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the ch >> Read More... even. He never got himself typecast, and he played roles of father, uncle, police officer, and a politician too. Madan Puri was really a versatile performer who ruled the film industry by doing at least eight films per year in mid-60’s and late 70’s. His brother Amrish Puri Amrish Lal Puri was born on 22nd June, 1932 in Pun >> Read More... was also the renowned villain of Indian cinema. Madan Puri’s another brother Chaman Puri Chaman Puri was a Hindi film actor who worked in o >> Read More... too appeared in many films as a villain. It was a matter of a chance that the three brothers got a chance to play the villain role in films. Chaman Puri’s hit movie was ‘China Town’, Madan Puri’s was ‘Upkar’ and Amrish Puri’s was Mr India. Madan Puri had acted with all generation actors from Dilip Kumar to Sunny Deol Sunny Deol is a film actor, director and producer. >> Read More... . The actor was born in Lahore (Pakistan) in 1915.

He died in Mumbai on January 13, 1985. His wife had passed away long back, and he survived with his three sons. Although he belonged to the film industry, his sons were not drawn to glamour world at all. Even his brother, Amrish Puri's children, did not join films at all.

Puri Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)